Trunk lock



April 10, 1928. 1,665,379

J. RITTER, JR, ET AL TRUNK LOCK Filed Nov.6, 1925 Eh. Q INVENTOR. y A \s M '-e==" m BY r T ATT Patented Apr. 10, 192 8 To EARTMANN Q EA Y, 77,01 R k-GEE, WISCQNS'IN E ORBORATIQNQ' N QCK- .g iiqandh;fiieg np e p r 5,1925, SeriaINoQ 673312;

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ili efl b' a; twvogpmflfis by t e imp ioyd' e ilring niieajn whitclitc'om: Wi Q 311 HPPQ T k yedflbqk IQ and a lower automatic l z'pfi ch 1 1 ebhtrbll'ed the nhdVe ment bftheluppey'lbcki W n s 0 he pi ot pin 10%. The lock porfilon im f ith Himpix twdpartflink pymeclwd b t r b p -f-pinlgt' pie in ep nden j mdvem nt offth vv arts 0 [The- 1191291" sit-ion. lh e inner end qf the two 'pufiijerm is pcsi e end O h l nk; c n s ing? in "fa-n 1; a pl ate 2 2 whichfisginounted bnitheflunk latch plate member 24 i;'itefepwai'diend laek lat membe 2 is ame with mma.

port i'on Of said plate is covered 611;] her i e by PW FQ new Fee.

bolt 26 is rigidly connected to the trunk section Sand projects outwardly from the edge thereof to partly enter the space formed by the other trunk section 9, and the es cutcheon' plate 30 when thetwo sections are swung together. an angular reinforcing. strip for theedge of theisection 9: :The angular slot of the "lock plate 24 extends upwardly and inward-- sly from theedge portion of the trunk sec- The' numeral 31 indicates tion vso that when the connecting bar 23is pushed downwardly by swinging the hasp lock to open position, the lock plate will be 7 moved downwardly andfoi'itwardlytoa position to aline with theendhook portion of the fixed bolt 'member26Q Then in said posi'tion the Closing of the upper hasp lock will'cause the lower latchsplate to move up-.

wardly and inwardly and engage the hook of the bolt memberand draw the tWo trunk sections together while looking the lower portion of said sections tqgethfer; V In open mg the'upper hasp lock, the 'lock plate as i V before stated will 7 be pushed downwardly and outwardly and the two trunk sections will} beinitia'll-y moved to open position, as

' thei'nner w'all ofth e rectangular opening or the locking platewill engageand push outwardly ontheho'ok portion, of the fixed bolt. In operation, the two trunk" sections are -swung together, which will approximately aline the'opening 25 of the lock plate mem ber 24: withthe hooked end of the fixed bolt 1 26." The: hasp or keyed lock meinberil l is then swung inwardly towards the escutcheon plate 13, and in swinging the arm 16', which i is mounted on the haspjand'extends into thetrunk section 9-'and:is connectedto the bell crank l'everQO'by the part link 18, the 4 upper. arm of the bell crank lever;20 is swung inwardly, away from the h'aspl and the low.-

er arm 20' of said lever upwardly. {The Y link 23 which is pivotally 'connected to the bell crank armv 20 will be pulled upwardly by saidnpward swing so that the opening ofl the lock plate24 will engage the hooked end of the fixed1bolt26, asshawn in Figs.

' land 2. Inmoving upwardly lto'locked position, the latch plate member 24: will be moved inwardly by thepin and diagonal slot engagement with the plate 29 and clamping- I 1y draw the two trunk sections togethein, As

: soon as the twotrunksections are in closed position, as shown in'liigs. land 2, the hasp member is pushed into the socket of" the escutcheon plate and the bolt portions of the hasp member will snap into locking engagement with the escutcheon plate; ,To unlock,

' a key is inserted inthe hasp lock to unlock the bolts, and as the hasp member isswung outwardly the link will be moved down- Wardly to disengage thelatch member 24 from thehook 26," as clearly shown inthe drawings. p v 1 "From the foregoing descriptiom it will be seen that the trunk lock is of very simple construction and is Well adapted for the purpose described. V p v l/Vhat we claim as our'invention is '1. In a trunk lock, a pair of spaced securing mechanisms, one of which is provided with a pivoted hasp-portion, {a slidable member moved by the hasp'portion, a bell crank lever connectedto the slidable member, 'the other of the securing mechanisms for receiving the hook member, andabar v member pivotally connectedto the bell crank lever and I rigidly connected" to the latch member for moving said latch member into locking engagement with the hook member. "In a trunk lock,"a'pair; of spaced securingmechanis'ms one of which is provided with a pivoted hasp portion, a slidable member r moved by .the hasp portion, afbell crank lever havingqone of the arms 0011-; nected to the slidablemember, the other of the securing mechanisms havingafixed'hook member and a movablelatch meinher for receiving the hook member, and a bar mere her pivotally connected tocthe bell crank lever and rigidly connected to the latch m em b er formoving said locking member vinto latch engagement with the hook member when the haspfportion of the other securing 'lever andrigidlyconnectedat itsiloweriend' to the latchmember for movinggsaid locks 0 ing member into locking-engagement withthe h'ookmember when the hasp portionot I 9 the other securing mechanism'is, swung to closed p0Sl t1OI1.

4. In atrunk' lock for a trunk having two sections, a pair of spaced securing mecha-' nisms, one of which is provided with a pivotal hasp portion having an inwardly extending arm, a 'two .part slidable member pivotally connected to and moved by the 2 arm, a bell crank lever having one-of its arms connected to the slidable member,

the other of the securing mechanisms having 7 a fixed hook member for one trunk section and a lach memberfor the other trunk sec- 5 tion, said latch member having an eyed I portion which is entered by the hook memher when the trunk sections are swung to closedpos1t1on,means for causingthe latch member to move in an angular direction, and 9.

75V 7 having a hookmemberand a latch member r a bar member pivotally connectedat its upper end to the other arm of the bell crank lever and rigidly connected at its lower end to the latch member for moving saidlatch,

member. v 5. In a trunk lock for a trunk having two sections, .a pair of spaced securing mechanisms, one of which is provided with a pivotal hasp portion having an inwardly extending a-1'm,a slidable arm member'pivotally connected to and moved by the arm, a bell crank le- V ver having one of its arms connectedto the having an angularly extending slotand an eyed portion which is entered by the hook member When the trunk sections are swung to closed position, a pin mounted on the ,ad[ jacent trunk section and extending through 'the angularly extending slot for guiding the latch member in an angular direction, and a bar pivotally connected at its upper end to. the other arm of the bell crank lever and rig-n idly connected at its lower end to the latch k member for moving said latch member.

In testimony tures.

JULIUS RlTTERJR.

whereof, We ZlifiX our,signa-.

MARTIN RASMUSSEN. 1 

